Jon Shafer has said the main reason he left Civilization developer Firaxis and took a job with Stardock was because of the fun and unique approach to creating games the firm’s CEO Brad Wardell harbors.

In Stardock’s second high profile hire for the week, the developer has employed author Dave Stern to provide creative direction to ongoing Elemental: War of Magic development as well as future projects.

PC Gamer has issued a warning to those looking to pick up Stardock-published turn-based strategy game Elemental that the game has been the subject of a “disastrous launch” and punters should “stay well away”.

Stardock’s patched weirdy RTS Demigod up to 1.2, adding a new playable demigod in the Demon Assassin. There are tons of other additions to both single-player and multiplayer modes, all of which you can read about here.